Foster care children are more likely to get mental illnesses, mental diseases and behavioral problems. This is no longer an interrogation but an actual fact. The children’s age when they are placed into foster care does affect them, either positively or negatively, as in one case the chances of mental sequels are increased, and in the other decreased. The results show that a child remaining too long in an abusive home with the biological parents has more chances of having behavioral problems, mental illnesses or mental diseases. Another cause would be the foster home situations; this leads... [+] Read more

I read in the book How to Change the World by David Bornstein (published August 8th, 2007) the chapter 13 named The Talent is Out There. I chose this section of the book because it talks about teens from lower income houses and their chances of going to college; these chances usually influenced by how over the average bright they are. To J.B Schramm’s dismay, director of the “Flyers Tutoring Program”, some kids who might not have extraordinary GPAs are still very bright and have as much chances of getting into college as any other person, they just need a nudge in the right direction. His... [+] Read more

In the article “Childhood depression may increase risk of heart disease by teen years” by the University of South Florida (USF Health), a recent study done by Jonathan Rottenberg, Professor of Psychology, shows that children with depression are more likely to have heart diseases early on. The Science Daily articles states that it was an already known fact that depression is linked with heart problems for adults. However, what was discovered was that a child who has depression not only has a greater... [+] Read more

In the article "Childhood Depression: Behind the Story", published January 4th, 2011 in Psychology Today, Sarah E. Ludwig states that 1 out of 20 children and adolescent will be depressed and that most parents feel alone in this situation since there is still much stigma around depression. The parents are in over their heads since some of them have to be on suicide watch 24/7, constantly watching what type of over-the-counter drugs come into the house and be very... [+] Read more

I have decided to do my term paper on depression in children. I think that if there is a way to stop depression, it will begin by curing children from this mental illness because almost everyone suffering from depression as an adult will have had depression as a child. I have been looking into depression since the beginning of the semester when I read an article about Ian Thorpe possibly suffering from this mental illness. After reading multiple articles, the one in the academic journal Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health about finding the source of depression... [+] Read more

In the Academic Journal Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, Shan Jin, Nazeem Muharjarine, Jennifer Cushon and Hyun J. Lim wrote an article on March 1, 2013 named “Factors Associated with Childhood Depression in Saskatoon Students: A Multilevel Analysis”. They chose to investigate the whys behind childhood depression because most adults nowadays affected by depression have most likely suffered from mild to high level depression as children. Their goal: “examine whether depression varies among Saskatoon elementary schools, and to identify multilevel factors that are associated... [+] Read more

Tracie Shea graduated from the Catholic University in 1981 with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in psychology (VA). She worked for the National Institute of Mental Health as “chief of the Personality Disorders Program and Associate Coordinator of the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) Treatment of Depression Collaborative Research Program” (VA). Today, she teaches at Brown University in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior where she is director of the Clinical Assessment and Training Unit. Moreover, she works as a psychologist at the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders Clinic for... [+] Read more

L’ARCHE, I will be focusing on the one from the Montreal area, cares for people affected by mental deficiencies. They try to show both the public and their members that what makes you vulnerable and fragile can also make you stronger. The “flaws” that make some people hard to accept us, can also help you shine. L’ARCHE does not hold any particular projects else than a yearly fundraiser, the “Soirée Vins et Fromages, to enable multiple activities and outings for their residents since they are a non-profit organisation and constantly need funds to keep the homes running. There are also three... [+] Read more

The Douglas Mental Health University Institute has as a goal to improve the patients’ life at the Institute and to help them get better. Their main focus is on promoting the rehabilitation of the patients into society. There is three possibilities when it comes to volunteering here varying between a 4 to 6 month periods. The first choice is the hospital-based service. Here you can either work with children and adolescents or adults and seniors. For the children and teens, you can either lead group activities or work with educators which both promote their social skills and school performance... [+] Read more

The Alzheimer Society of Montreal wants everyone to realize that “Beyond the disease there is the person”. Their goal is to help out people suffering from Alzheimer and their families by easing the consequences related to this mental illness. Moreover, they constantly promote studies to find out the source of Alzheimer and discover a cure. Every year they hold the “Walk for Memories” which has for goal to sensitize the population to Alzheimer and other similar illnesses as well as to collect money to continue researching for the causes and cure, and so that the Alzheimer Society can continue... [+] Read more

Revivre’s goal, according to their website, is to appease the pain that people with anxious, depressive or bipolar troubles as well as help their close ones. At the moment they have multiple activities taking place. One of their most important activities is a fundraiser that takes place every year named “Donner le goût de Revivre”. Everyone pays a ticket to attend a supper with a music show and an auction. For the auction, you can pay to dine with some famous Quebecers or for priceless wine bottles. The money made from these events help Revivre to keep helping people with mental... [+] Read more

The use of anti-depressant is increasing exponentially as is the number of people whom are diagnosed with depression. Of course the correlation between both is absolutely normal. However, more than a few people are being misdiagnosed for depression.
Christopher Labos wrote in his article “Canadians’ growing use of anti-depressants is problematic” (published February 3rd, 2014) that Canadians, thus Quebecers, are excessive antidepressant consumers... [+] Read more

Early morning, February 3rd, Ian Thorpe, the Australian Olympic swimmer, was found trying to break into a van. In the article “Olympic champion Ian Thorpe in rehab after being detained by police” by The Associated Press (published February 3rd, 2014), it is learnt that this famous swimmer was under the influence of antidepressants and painkillers. This led him to be disoriented enough to believe that he was trying to get into his friend’s van. The... [+] Read more

For a couple a months, there have been rumours about ending the door-to-door mailing system. These rumours were validated before the holidays begun. The goal: abolish the postal system consisting of getting all of your mail at your front door and replacing it by community mailboxes and upping the price of stamps by more than sixty cents. This planned to be in effect in five years from today. The article "Postal Workers Stage Protest on Decision to End Door-...[+] Read more

On Thursday morning, January 23rd, tragedy struck the Quebec province. A seniors’ residence in L’Isle-Verte was ravaged by flames making three victims and about thirty unaccounted for. While the search for the bodies goes on in the freezing temperatures, the article "L’Isle-Verte seniors’ residence had fire-code violations flagged in 2011" by Aaron Derfel focuses on the reasons why the fire made so many deaths. Of course, the semi-autonomy of... [+] Read more